SOLUTION: If a race car crosses the finish line going 25m/s. What was the acceleration of the car if the race car started at rest and took 5s to reach the finish line?

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Question 1186550: If a race car crosses the finish line going 25m/s. What was the acceleration of the car if the race car started at rest and took 5s to reach the finish line?
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If a race car crosses the finish line going 25m/s. What was the acceleration of the car
if the race car started at rest and took 5s to reach the finish line?
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We consider a uniformly accelerated car, which moves with acceleration " a " m/s^2  (the value of "a" is unknown now).


We are given the time t = 5 s  and the final speed  v = 25 m/s.


From this data, we find acceleration  a = v%2Ft = 25%2F5 = 5 m/s.    ANSWER

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